Now It’s New York City’s Turn To Show Us How NOT To Do Parent Engagement Earlier this month, I wrote about how Newark Continues To Show The World How NOT To Do Parent Involvement/Engagement. It now looks like the school district in my native town, New York City, is giving Newark a run for its money. The New York Times ...
Joyce Epstein Webcast Renowned parent involvement researcher Joyce Epstein will be the guest at the next Parents As Partners webcast on Monday, April 4th. You can get all the details at Lorna Constantini’s blog.
“Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future” “Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future” is a new report written by Karen Mapp, one of the authors of the influential parent involvement book, Beyond The Bake Sale. It has a lot of useful information.
“Parent trigger misfires by disrupting and dismantling local schools” Parent trigger misfires by disrupting and dismantling local schools is a post by Caroline Grannan and Sharon Higgins at the Thoughts On Public Education blog. It’s worth a visit.
Detroit Public Schools Giving Gift Cards To Get Parents Involved The Detroit Public Schools has begun giving $25 gift cards if parents come to their parent centers. What in the world are they thinking? I hope someone there reads my Washington Post piece, Why paying parents to attend school events is wrong.
